itās only half past ten, but itās been a long morning already.
woojin awoke with a horrible migraine that occupied the better half of his brain, making it extremely hard to function properly. he barely got through breakfast ā the pain in his head nearly had him doubled over with his face in the toilet, but he managed to keep his food down.Ā
he did not get through his first class, however; he skipped it in favour of going back to bed. the pain persisted, keeping him on the brink of unconsciousness but not letting him fully fall asleep. and it was then, with the curtains drawn and his comforter pulled up to his neck, with his mind somewhere between slumbering and waking, he had a memory.
skin like honey and lips even sweeter.Ā yes, he remembered being in love, but the face of his partner remained unclear ā like watching someone through frosted glass. he remembered a ring of candles, a broken yet unspoken promise, and something left undone.
remembrance knocked the wind out of him, and he lay there frozen for a long moment, grasping at the traces of his former life before they slipped out of reach ā and the headache left with them.
thatās when he changed into his athletic clothes and hit the running track.Ā
he runs until he canāt feel the ground beneath his feet anymore, until he feels like heās flying ā the way he used to before his wings were stripped from his person.Ā he runs until he canāt run anymore. but when he stops running, completing his fifth and final lap, he feels like heās being watched. his skin prickles with the sensation of someoneās eyes on him. he crosses the field to get to his water bottle, and thatās when he sees ā him. the person he followed a few weeks back is peeking out at him from behind the stands. and, oddly enough, the sight of him makes woojinās headache come back in full force.
woojin winces and steps closer.
āhello?ā woojin asks the question the same way someone in a horror movie might, just before they get slaughtered.Ā āwere you⦠watching me?ā
ā ć¼Ā after being caught once by minki, it would be assumed that kyungsun had enough sense to not follow around woojin anymore. well, he guesses so should the fact he yelled at woojin for doing the very same thing to him, but it was different.
woojin was looking at a stranger and kyungsun sawāhow could you even describe woojin? all that was right in kyungsunās life combined with all that was awful. his biggest mistake. the sweetest person heād ever met. it was all fitting.
and maybe he missed all of those things enough to just want to see him again. see him smile ( kyungsun takes pride in the fact that none of the girls woojin talks to makes him smile like he did when he was with him ) and just being once again. the last image he had of him was anger and pain and fear. theses images, the ones of him at keisung, are the ones he wants to keep of him.
but even with the way he missed woojin, he should have known what a bad idea it was to be here even before woojin decides to spot him.Ā
nothing is more annoying that being spotted even in disguise, kyungsun decides. if he was going to get found out, heād rather have been caught looking attractive instead of an old jersey heād found behind his bed and a pair of jeans. he very much feels not himself, but that was supposed to be the point.
annoyance predictably settles onto kyungsunās face as the other approaches, even if it is still his own fault for being a freak himself. heās embarrassed too, and he is only thankful for his tan to hide any proof of a blush over the annoyed look.
ā i was just walking around.Ā ā he says mouth ending in a thin line before he continues speaking.Ā ā i saw you running and wanted to uhāĀ ā
with the realization he doesnāt actually have any explanation for even why he would want to watch woojin running other than the fact heās attracted to him and wanted to see him again. so instead he scoffs, rolling his eyes.Ā ā i donāt even need to explain myself to you, freak. you already beat me to being a stalker.Ā ā